Our take
Pick Metabase if you're on a ops / data team who will self-host OSS at $0 (unlimited internal users, no embed SKU) while they ask a first Orders question, or start the Cloud Starter 14-day trial and land on $100/month (5 users included, then $6/user) when they do not want to run the stack. Pick Preset if you're on a small analytics team who want Superset in the cloud without self-hosting. Skip Preset if you're on a
Best for
Metabase Charts you start at $100 Cloud or OSS $0
Preset Superset charts you start at $0 for five users
Free plan
Metabase $0 · aGPL. Unlimited internal users. No embed SKU. You run it
Preset $0 · , forever, up to 5 users, 1 workspace. Unlimited dashboards and charts, no-code builder, SQL editor, semantic layer
Lowest paid
Metabase Transforms $0.01
Preset Professional $20, monthly only
Next step up
Metabase AI add-on $3.75
Preset Embedded dashboards add-on $500
Runs where
Metabase Local; you host it
Preset Hosted
Watch out
Metabase Starter’s $100 includes 5 users
Preset Starter caps at 5 users and 1 workspace
Last checked
Metabase 2026-10-22 · metabase.com/pricing
Preset 2026-10-28 · preset.io/pricing
ops / data teams who will self-host OSS at $0 (unlimited internal users, no embed SKU) while they ask a first Orders question, or start the Cloud Starter 14-day trial and land on $100/month (5 users included, then $6/user) when they do not want to run the stack.
Read the Metabase pagesmall analytics teams who want Superset in the cloud without self-hosting.
Read the Preset page
